JP5991800B2 - Amusement park equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an amusement hall facility for transporting a game ball used in a ball game machine.

Conventionally, a game arcade where game machines such as pachinko machines and slot machines can be played has a group of game machines (so-called game machine islands) in which a plurality of game machines are grouped, and a plurality of game machine islands are installed. It is said that. Then, each gaming machine island is provided with a transport path through which gaming media flow, so that gaming media can be supplied to gaming machines, or conversely, gaming media discharged from gaming machines can be transported to storage tanks, etc. In addition, the game media can be simply circulated in the game machine group, thereby facilitating the game.
Patent Document 1 discloses a technology of a conveyance path arranged inside an amusement machine island equipped with a pachinko machine.
In the following, description will be given focusing on a gaming machine island equipped with a pachinko machine (bullet ball gaming machine).

  By the way, at the amusement hall, for the purpose of acquiring new players and securing existing players, the new pachinko machine is replaced with a new model pachinko machine or the arrangement of existing pachinko machines is changed mutually. Layout changes and the like (hereinafter simply referred to as new stand replacement) are frequently performed.

  However, in the past, in connection with such work such as replacement of a new stand, objects other than game balls (hereinafter simply referred to as balls), such as cigarette butts and nails used for fixing pachinko machines (hereinafter referred to as unnecessary items) However, there are many problems that mix inside the gaming machine island. In particular, there are many cases where unnecessary items mixed inside the gaming machine island fall on an outrail (a part of the conveyance path) located below the installation position of the pachinko machine. As a result, unnecessary materials mixed inside the gaming machine island may be introduced into a ball polishing device, a ball lifting device, or the like, which is a component device inside the gaming machine island, together with the ball flowing on the outrail. It was the cause of the failure.

  Therefore, in the prior art, a measure is taken in which the outrail has a two-member configuration including a rail member and a cover, and an unnecessary object that can be mixed into the rail member is received by the cover.

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  However, the cover lid has been dissatisfied with being unable to fully receive unnecessary materials that can be mixed into the rail member. That is, the cover has a function of allowing the ball to pass to the rail member side, and a plurality of holes are provided in order to fulfill this function. For this reason, even if an unnecessary object is received by the cover, the flow of the sphere is affected and the unnecessary object flows out to the rail member side. As a result, it was introduced into a ball polishing device, a ball lifting device, or the like, which is a component device inside the gaming machine island, causing a failure of the device.

Accordingly, as a further improvement measure, the present inventors provide an opening that is set to a size that prevents the ball from dropping at the bottom of the conveyance path through which the ball is conveyed, and drops and removes unnecessary objects from the opening. We took measures into consideration. However, if an opening is provided at the bottom of the conveyance path to remove unnecessary objects, when a large amount of balls are conveyed, the unnecessary objects flow downstream following the momentum of the balls, and There was a problem that the unnecessary object removal function deteriorated.
In this way, even if an opening through which unnecessary objects fall is simply provided on the conveyance path, unnecessary substances may remain in the conveyance path depending on the conveyance status of the sphere, such as a ball polishing device or a ball lifting device. Since it was introduced into the equipment, there was a complaint that it did not lead to a fundamental solution to prevent failure of these equipment.

  Therefore, in the present invention, in view of the problems of the prior art, when a work such as replacement of a new table is performed, unnecessary objects flow into the gaming machine island and enter the transport path, and a large amount of game balls are transported into the transport path. Even if such a situation occurs, it is an object of the present invention to provide an amusement hall facility that can reduce the possibility that unnecessary items remain on the transport path as much as possible.

  The invention according to claim 1, which is provided to solve the above-described problem, has a conveyance path in which a plurality of ball game machines are arranged in parallel and a game ball is conveyed, The transport path has a discharge path and a supply / circulation path, and the game balls discharged from the ball game machines pass through the discharge path and are discharged from a storage tank for game balls installed inside the game machine group. In the structure of the game hall that passes through the supply / circulation path, the game ball is a facility for the game hall that constitutes a part of the transport path, and the flow path for the ball transporting the game ball and the inflow of the game ball are not required. A flow path forming member having a possible opening, and a receiving member disposed below the flow path forming member in the height direction. The flow path forming member forms a part of the discharge path and is elastic. Only the game balls discharged from the ball game machine are transported in the juxtaposition direction of the ball game machines. It is secured directly or indirectly to the forming member and secures unnecessary objects other than the game ball that has passed through the opening, and the flow path forming member and the receiving member are located more than the installation position of the ball game machine. The cover is installed at a position higher in the height direction than the flow path constituting the supply / circulation path disposed on the lower side in the height direction, and has a cover with a plurality of openings through which the game ball passes. Is a facility for a game hall, which is arranged so as to cover an upper part of the flow path forming member, and an opening formed in the flow path forming member is located below the opening formed in the cover lid.

The equipment for the game hall of the present invention has a situation in which unnecessary materials other than game balls are mixed in the transport path located below the installation position of the ball game machine, and a large amount of game balls can be transported to the transport path. Even if it occurs, the possibility that the mixed unnecessary material remains in the conveyance path can be reduced as much as possible.
That is, in the present invention, the flow path constituting the supply / circulation path and the partial flow path constituting the discharge path are separated from each other on the lower side in the height direction than the installation position of the ball game machine. In addition to a path, an opening for removing unnecessary materials was provided on the discharge path side. Specifically, a part of the discharge path is formed by a flow path forming member having an opening and a receiving member fixed so as to be positioned below the flow path forming member, and a complex thereof is formed as described above. It was installed so as to be positioned higher than the flow path constituting the supply / circulation path.

As a result, the waste material that has dropped to the conveyance path located below the installation position of the ball ball game machine in the height direction is not mixed into the supply / circulation path side, and the flow path forming member that is a part of the discharge path is used. It can be mixed. Further, since only the game balls discharged from the ball game machine are transported to the flow path forming member, there is no possibility that an excessive amount of game balls are transported on the flow path. Therefore, according to the present invention, even when an unnecessary object is mixed into the gaming machine group during work such as replacement of a new table, the gaming ball does not fall onto a flow path that can be excessively transported as in the past. Therefore, the unnecessary material is hardly affected by the flow of the game ball and is smoothly removed from the opening. As a result, there is no inconvenience that an unnecessary object remains on the transport path, so that it is possible to reduce the possibility of occurrence of a failure due to the unnecessary object in the devices constituting the inside of the gaming machine group.
Further, the unnecessary material that has passed through the opening of the flow path forming member is secured by a receiving member that is positioned lower than the flow path forming member and higher than the flow path that constitutes the supply / circulation path. For this reason, there is no possibility that unnecessary materials that have passed through the opening are mixed into the flow path that constitutes the supply / circulation path that is a part of the transport path.

The invention of claim 2 has an outer Guo member, outer member, those along the conveying direction in the sphere flow path is arranged so as to face each other to form a side wall of the flow path forming member The game facility according to claim 1 , wherein the channel forming member and the receiving member are connected and fixed.

In the present invention, has a covering of game ball having a plurality of apertures passing through, the covering lid is that are provided so as to cover the upper portion of the flow path forming member.

  According to such a configuration, the game ball discharged from the ball game machine can be received by the cover once, and the flow rate of the game ball can be lowered before flowing into the flow channel forming member. There is no risk of damage due to the impact of falling game balls. Thereby, for example, even when a configuration in which the flow path for balls of the flow path forming member is formed by a plurality of rails is adopted, the rail structure is prevented from being destroyed by the falling game balls, There is no possibility that smooth conveyance of the game ball in the flow path forming member is hindered.

  The equipment for a game hall of the present invention has a two-passage structure for the transport path below the installation position of the ball game machine, and is provided with a flow path forming member having an opening in one of the flow paths. By adopting a configuration for removing the ball, the possibility of being influenced by the flow of the game ball is reduced, and it is possible to efficiently discharge unnecessary objects from the opening. As a result, even if an unnecessary object is mixed in the transport path, the possibility that the unnecessary object will remain on the transport path is reduced, so that the unnecessary object in the equipment such as a polishing apparatus constituting the inside of the gaming machine group is caused. The occurrence of malfunctions is prevented.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a front view showing a gaming machine island provided with amusement hall equipment according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is the conceptual diagram which paid its attention to the conveyance path inside the gaming machine island of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows a low position conveyance path. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows a low position conveyance path. It is a top view of a flow path formation member. It is explanatory drawing which shows a partition wall from the side surface side. It is a perspective view which shows the lower part side of a flow-path formation member. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows notionally the composite_body | complex of FIG. It is AA sectional drawing which shows the gaming machine island of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which expanded the B section inside the gaming machine island of FIG.

Hereinafter, the gaming facility 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.
The gaming facility 1 of the present embodiment is a configuration suitable for a gaming machine group (hereinafter referred to as a gaming machine island) 31 in which a plurality of ball game machines (hereinafter referred to as pachinko machines) 30 are grouped. This is a flow path having a removal function for removing unnecessary substances mixed in the transport path 32 (FIG. 2) disposed inside the gaming machine island 31 and transporting game balls (hereinafter simply referred to as balls).
In the following description, in order to facilitate understanding, a description will be given focusing on one gaming machine island 31 provided with the game hall facility 1.

First, main devices constituting the gaming machine island 31 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1, the gaming machine island 31 has a plurality of frame-shaped gaming machine mounting portions 33 provided in parallel on an island structure 28 that forms the outer shell of the island, and the pachinko machine 30 is a gaming machine. It is installed in the attachment portion 33. Specifically, the gaming machine island 31 has two rows of pachinko machines 30 arranged side by side on the island structure portion 28 (only one row is shown).
Further, in the internal space formed by the island structure portion 28, as shown in FIG. 2, the upper island tank 23 is installed above the installation position of the pachinko machine 30 in the height direction, and from the installation position of the pachinko machine 30. Two lower island tanks 25, 26, a ball polishing device 27, and a ball lifting device 29 are installed at the lower side in the height direction.

  The pachinko machine 30 is the same as that known in the art, and the front side (the outside of the gaming machine island 31) has a board surface and the like, and the back side (the inside of the gaming machine island 31) has a ball. A replenishment tank (not shown) to be introduced, a ball discharge port 44 (FIG. 9) from which a ball is discharged, and the like are attached.

  The upper island tank 23 is a storage means for temporarily storing a ball sent from a ball lifting device 29, which will be described later, and a function for sending the ball to the pachinko machine 30 as necessary, or to other adjacent gaming machine islands. And a function for forcibly discharging the sphere when a certain amount or more of the sphere flows in.

  The lower island tanks 25 and 26 are arranged one by one at the end of the gaming machine island 31 (the end in the juxtaposition direction of the pachinko machine 30). It is a storage means for temporarily storing a sphere sent from a counting device (not shown) for counting. The lower island tanks 25 and 26 are provided with a function that enables the balls in the tanks to be sent to a ball polishing device 27 described later as needed.

  The ball polishing device 27 is the same as that known in the art, and is arranged near the center of the gaming machine island 31 (in the middle of the parallel arrangement direction of the pachinko machines 30) and discharged from the lower island tanks 25 and 26 and the pachinko machine 30. This is a device for introducing a polished sphere and polishing it.

  The ball lifting device 29 is arranged near the center of the gaming machine island 31 (in the middle of the direction in which the pachinko machines 30 are juxtaposed) and adjacent to the ball polishing device 27, and the ball sent out from the ball polishing device 27. Is a device that lifts the sword upward.

Next, the conveyance path 32 in the gaming machine island 31 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 2, the conveyance path 32 is a flow path connecting the above-described devices, and is roughly divided into a horizontal conveyance path 11 extending in the parallel arrangement direction of the pachinko machine 30 and a vertical extension extending in the height direction. A conveyance path 12 is used.

The lateral conveyance path 11 is located above the installation position of the pachinko machine 30 in the height direction from the installation position of the pachinko machine 30 and the out-rail 5 and the supply / circulation rail 7 which are lower position conveyance paths located below the installation position of the pachinko machine 30. There are a replenishment rail 35 and an overflow rail 40 which are high-position conveyance paths located at the same position.
The replenishment rail 35 and the overflow rail 40, which are high-position conveyance paths, are not particularly related to the present invention and will be described briefly.

The outrail 5 is a part of the gaming facility 1 of the present embodiment, and is a sphere passage for conveying only the sphere (out sphere) discharged from the pachinko machine 30, and is a part of the discharge path. Is formed. And this outrail 5 is installed so that it may become a downward slope toward each ball | bowl grinding | polishing apparatus 27 from each edge part a and b side of the gaming machine island 31. Specifically, the outrail 5 is arranged at a position higher in the height direction than a supply / circulation rail 7 to be described later, and descends from one end a side of the gaming machine island 31 toward the ball polishing device 27. Rail 5a and a downwardly inclined rail 5b from the other end B side of the gaming machine island 31 toward the ball polishing device 27. In other words, the outrail 5 is a flow path that naturally conveys the balls discharged from each pachinko machine 30 along the gradient, and conveys the balls to the ball polishing device 27 side, which is located approximately at the center of the gaming machine island 31. .
The discharge path is a path from the ball discharged from the pachinko machine 30 to the ball polishing device 27. In the present embodiment, the discharge path 6 flows into the outrail 5 from the pachinko machine 30 (described later). And a series of flow paths formed by the outrail 5.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the outrail 5 is constituted by a flow path forming member 18, and the flow path forming member 18, the receiving member 19, the outer member 21, and the cover lid 22 are combined to provide equipment for the game hall. 1 is formed. In other words, the game hall equipment 1 includes a plurality of composites 9 that are connected in series.
The flow path forming member 18 is a resin molded product molded by injection molding, and is a rail member having a substantially rectangular shape in plan view as shown in FIGS. Specifically, the flow path forming member 18 is formed by eight partition walls 50 that are mainly extended in the conveying direction of the sphere. That is, the flow path forming member 18 has the partition walls 50 arranged side by side in the direction orthogonal to the conveying direction of the spheres at a certain interval, and between the adjacent partition walls 50 and between the partition walls 50 and a later-described partition wall 50. It is set as the conveyance row | line | column 53 in which a ball | bowl is conveyed between the outer shell members 21 to perform. In other words, the flow path forming member 18 is provided with a guide function that aligns a plurality of spheres in a row by each transport row 53 and smoothly transports the spheres along the extending direction of the flow path forming member 18. It is.
In the present embodiment, the width of each conveyance row 53 (the interval between the partition walls 50 or the interval between the partition wall 50 and the outer member 21) is set to a size that can accommodate one sphere.

Further, the partition wall 50 is arranged from the middle (upstream side) of the sphere in the flow path forming member 18 to the downstream end, and the tapered portion 62 having an upward slope from the upstream side toward the downstream side in the transport direction. And a high wall portion 63 in which the maximum height of the downstream end of the taper portion 62 is maintained. That is, as shown in FIG. 6, the partition wall 50 gradually increases in height to the downstream end in the region of the tapered portion 62, and a constant height is maintained in the region of the high wall portion 63. It is a configuration.
In the present embodiment, the partition wall 50 is configured such that the partition wall 50a on both ends in the juxtaposed direction is lower in height than the partition wall 50b sandwiched between the partition walls 50a. Yes.

As shown in FIG. 5, the flow path forming member 18 has the floor surface of each conveyance row 53 formed by the side portions 55 a of one plate-like member 55. The width of the side portion 55a (the length orthogonal to the conveyance direction) is set to be sufficiently smaller than the width of each conveyance row 53. In other words, between the plate-like member 55 and the partition wall 50, a long hole-like opening 24 penetrating in the vertical direction (reference to FIG. 4) along the transport row 53 is formed. That is, the bottom of each conveyance row 53 is configured by the side portion 55a of the plate-like member 55 and the opening 24 formed between the partition wall 50 and the side portion 55a.
In the present embodiment, in order to ensure a certain level of rigidity in the flow path forming member 18, ribs 56 that are reinforcing members orthogonal to the conveying direction of the spheres are provided at regular intervals. The opening 24 is divided into a plurality of parts in the sphere transport direction. In other words, in the present embodiment, the bottom of each conveyance row 53 is formed with a bottom surface by the side portions 55 a of the plate-like member 55 and the ribs 56, and the other portions are the openings 24.
Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the bottom of the flow path forming member 18 is provided with an engaging portion 41 that protrudes outward in the vicinity of the four corners.

The receiving member 19 is a housing whose one surface is open, and includes a bottom wall 19a facing the open surface, a peripheral wall 19b erected so as to surround an edge of the bottom wall 19a, and one of the peripheral walls 19b. And a projecting wall 19c projecting parallel to the bottom surface 19a.
The bottom wall 19a has a substantially rectangular shape in plan view, and is set to a size that spans the entire arrangement region of the opening 24 in the flow path forming member 18.
The overhanging wall 19c is a portion that protrudes slightly toward the center of the open surface of the receiving member 19 from the upper edge of the peripheral wall 19b on the end side of the bottom wall 19a. The overhanging wall 19c is provided with two engaged portions 42 penetrating in the member thickness direction with which the engaging portion 41 is engaged.

The outer member 21 is a member that forms the outer wall of the composite body 9. The outer member 21 connects the pair of side wall members 36 and the pair of side wall members 36 at a predetermined interval, and part of the flow path forming member 18. It is comprised with the connection support member 37 which can be supported.
The side wall member 36 is formed by integrally forming a vertical portion 36a and an inclined portion 36b inclined with respect to the vertical portion 36a. Both the vertical part 36a and the inclined part 36b are plate members.
The connection support member 37 is a U-shaped member, and includes a connection surface 37a that forms an end portion and a support portion 37b that connects the connection surfaces 37a. That is, the connection support member 37 is connected to the vertical portion 36a of the side wall member 36 via the connection surface 37a, and supports a part of the flow path forming member 18 with the support portion 37b. The support portion 37b is provided with two engaged portions 42 penetrating in the member thickness direction with which the engaging portion 41 is engaged.
The connection support member 37 is connected on one end side in the longitudinal direction of the side wall member 36.

  The cover lid 22 is a plate-like lid that is installed over the entire upper portion of the flow path forming member 18, and is a ball between the flow path forming member 18 and the cover lid 22 when disposed on the upper portion of the flow path forming member 18. It is a member which forms the conveyance space in which is conveyed. The cover lid 22 has a plurality of holes 38 penetrating in the member thickness direction. That is, in the state where the cover lid 22 is arranged on the upper part of the flow path forming member 18, the inside and outside of the transfer space communicate with each other through the hole 38. Accordingly, the sphere dropped from above the outrail 5 is introduced into the flow path forming member 18 through the hole 38 of the cover lid 22.

Here, the positional relationship of each member in the complex 9 of the gaming facility 1 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 3, the composite body 9 of the present embodiment has a configuration in which the flow path forming member 18, the receiving member 19, and the cover lid 22 are fixed to the outer member 21. That is, the flow path forming member 18 is disposed between the side wall members 36 in which the interval between the vertical portions 36a is maintained at a predetermined interval by the connection support member 37 in a posture in which the inclined portions 36b are separated from each other. A receiving member 19 and a cover lid 22 are disposed. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 8, the receiving member 19 is arranged so that the open surface faces upward and the overhanging wall 19 c is positioned on the upper side of the bottom wall 19 a. 19c is arranged so as to exist on substantially the same plane as the support portion 37b of the connection support member 37. The flow path forming member 18 is placed so as to be positioned above the overhanging wall 19c and the support portion 37b that are substantially on the same plane. At this time, the flow path forming member 18 is fixed by engaging the engaging portion 41 with the overhanging wall 19c and the engaged portion 42 of the support portion 37b. And as shown in FIG. 3, the cover 22 is distribute | arranged so that the upper part of the flow-path formation member 18 may be covered.
In addition, each member of the flow path forming member 18, the receiving member 19, and the cover 22 is fixed to the outer member 21 using fixing means such as screws.
The above is the description of the positional relationship of each member in the complex 9.

As shown in FIG. 2, the supply / circulation rail 7 is a flow path that mainly transports the spheres discharged from the lower island tanks 25 and 26, and forms a supply / circulation path. The supply / circulation rail 7 is installed so as to have a downward slope from each end a, b side of the gaming machine island 31 toward the ball polishing device 27. Specifically, the supply / circulation rail 7 is disposed at a lower position in the height direction than the outrail 5, and descends from one end a side of the gaming machine island 31 toward the ball polishing device 27. A gradient rail 7a and a downward gradient rail 7b from the other end b side of the gaming machine island 31 toward the ball polishing device 27 are configured. That is, the supply / circulation rail 7 is a flow path that naturally conveys the ball along the gradient and introduces the ball into the ball polishing device 27 disposed at a substantially central position of the gaming machine island 31.
The supply / circulation path is a path from the sphere discharged from the lower island tanks 25, 26 to the ball polishing device 27, and in this embodiment, the supply / circulation rail 7 itself.

The supply / circulation rail 7 is composed of a rail member 13 having a substantially “H” cross-sectional shape. The rail member 13 has a bottom wall 60 and a side wall 61 disposed so as to face the bottom wall 60 therebetween.
The bottom wall 60 has a plate-like shape in plan view, and has a plurality of groove-shaped groove-shaped conveyance rows 49 extending along the extending direction of the supply / circulation rail 7. The groove-shaped conveyance row 49 performs a guide function of aligning a plurality of balls in a row and smoothly conveying them along the extending direction of the supply / circulation rail 7.
The side wall 61 is a wall formed integrally with the bottom wall 60, and a holding portion 46 is provided on the upper end side. The holding portion 46 is a groove-shaped portion formed along the extending direction of the supply / circulation rail 7, and is a portion into which the lower side of the side wall member 36 of the outer shell member 21 is fitted. That is, the size of the groove of the holding portion 46 is set to a size that allows the lower side of the side wall member 36 to be fitted.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the replenishment rail 35 is a flow path that conveys a ball toward each pachinko machine 30, and is installed so as to have a downward slope from the upper island tank 23 toward the end of the gaming machine island 31. The flow path. Specifically, the replenishment rail 35 has a downwardly inclined rail 35a from the upper island tank 23 toward the one end a side of the gaming machine island 31, and from the upper island tank 23 toward the other end B side. It is comprised with the rail 35b of a downward slope. That is, the replenishment rail 35 is a flow path that naturally conveys from approximately the center of the gaming machine island 31 toward each end a, b of the gaming machine island 31.

  The overflow rail 40 is replenished except that the upper island tank 23 conveys a ball exceeding a certain amount toward the lower island tanks 25 and 26 and is installed at a position slightly lower than the refill rail 35. Since the configuration is substantially the same as that of the rail 35, the description thereof is omitted.

  On the other hand, in the vertical conveyance path 12, a replenishment chute (not shown) arranged at a position corresponding to each pachinko machine 30, a ball hose 51 and an overflow hose 52 for introducing balls into the lower island tanks 25 and 26, There are a discharge flow path 6 (FIG. 10) for discharging the out sphere discharged from each pachinko machine 30 to the out rail 5, and a feed flow path 43 for conveying the sphere upward.

  The replenishment chute (not shown) is a flow path that branches off from the replenishment rail 35, and distributes and supplies balls to the pachinko machine 30 and the lending machine (not shown).

  The ball removal hose 51 is a flow path that is located on the end side of the gaming machine island 31 and connected so as to hang down from the supply rail 35. The ball removal hose 51 is a flow path used when forcibly discharging the ball staying on the supply rail 35, and normally, the ball does not pass through the ball removal hose 51.

  The overflow hose 52 is a flow path that is located on the end side of the gaming machine island 31 and is connected so as to hang down from the overflow rail 40.

  The lifting flow path 43 is a flow path that connects the ball lifting device 29 and the upper island tank 23, and is a flow path that conveys the sphere pushed out by the driving force of the ball lifting device 29 upward. .

As shown in FIG. 10, the discharge channel 6 is a channel for allowing the out ball discharged from the ball discharge port 44 of the pachinko machine 30 to flow straight down toward the out rail 5. It is formed by winding in a coil shape.
The discharge flow path 6 is a member that constitutes a part of the outbox 20 installed in the vicinity of the ball discharge port 44 of the pachinko machine 30. The outbox 20 is the same as that known in the art, and is a ball discharge device provided almost directly below the ball discharge port 44 of the pachinko machine 30 as shown in FIG. That is, the discharge flow path 6 is a flow path in which the sphere introduced into the hopper 45 and passing through the counting means 47 flows downward toward the outrail 5.

Next, the positional relationship when the game hall facility 1 of the present embodiment is installed inside the gaming machine island 31 will be described.
As described above, the game hall equipment 1 of the present embodiment has a plurality of composite bodies 9 having a passage for balls and an opening 24 for removing unnecessary materials, and as shown in FIG. The body 9 is arranged in series. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the composite body 9 is arranged such that a flow path forming member 18 that conveys only the balls discharged from the pachinko machine 30 is along the supply / circulation rail 7. Furthermore, the flow path forming member 18 is installed at a position lower than the installation position of the pachinko machine 30 in the height direction and at a position higher than the installation position of the supply / circulation rail 7 in the height direction. That is, in the present embodiment, the conveyance path 32 formed below the installation position of the pachinko machine 30 in the height direction has a two-channel structure of the outrail 5 and the supply / circulation rail 7. The flow paths are in a positional relationship parallel to each other. And the receiving member 19 is arrange | positioned at the position pinched | interposed into these 2 flow paths as shown in FIG. That is, the receiving member 19 is an arrangement that can secure the dropped unwanted material through the opening 24 of the flow path forming member 18 located in the upper part. In other words, the receiving member 19 is also arranged to serve as a mixing prevention means that does not allow unwanted materials dropped from the opening 24 to be mixed into the supply / circulation rail 7 side.

Further, in the present embodiment, the outrail 5 is installed at a position where the downstream end portion in the transport direction does not coincide with the downstream end portion in the transport direction of the supply / circulation rail 7. That is, the out-rail 5 has an arrangement in which the downstream end is positioned upstream of the downstream end of the supply / circulation rail 7 as shown in FIG. In other words, the outrail 5 is installed at a position where the passed ball can join the supply / circulation rail 7.
Therefore, in this embodiment, only the balls discharged from the pachinko machine 30 are transported to the outrail 5, but the balls and pachinko machines discharged from the lower island tanks 25, 26 are supplied to the supply / circulation rail 7. Both spheres discharged from 30 are transported.

As described above, in this embodiment, a part of the conveyance path 32 positioned below the installation position of the pachinko machine 30 has a two-channel structure of the outrail 5 and the supply / circulation rail 7. There is no excessive increase in the number of balls being transported on the road.
Further, in the present embodiment, an opening 24 for removing unnecessary materials is provided in the outrail 5 located above the supply / circulation rail 7 in the height direction, and a position between the outrail 5 and the supply / circulation rail 7 is further provided. In addition, since the receiving member 19 that secures the unwanted matter dropped from the opening 24 is provided, the unwanted matter removed from the outrail 5 is mixed again into the transport path 32 via the supply / circulation rail 7. There is no problem.
Therefore, in the present embodiment, the outrail 5 and the supply / circulation rail 7 have a two-flow path structure, and the opening 24 and the receiving member 19 are provided on the outrail 5 side. Even if a situation where the number of balls to be transported increases in a part of the transport path 32 located below, the balls are mixed into the transport path 32 by transporting the spheres by the two-channel structure. It is possible to prevent unnecessary objects from being conveyed following the flow of the sphere. As a result, in the game hall, when an operation such as replacement of a new table is performed, an unnecessary material flows into the gaming machine island 31, an unnecessary material is mixed into the transport path 32, and a large number of balls are transported into the transport path 32. Even if such a situation occurs, the unnecessary object is less affected by the flow of the sphere, so that the unnecessary object can reach the opening 24 with a high probability. Unnecessary matter mixed in can be removed with high probability.

  In the above embodiment, the configuration in which the flow path forming member 18 and the receiving member 19 are integrally connected using the outer member 21 is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the flow path forming member, the receiving member, May be configured to be directly connected without interposing other members. When this configuration is employed, it is necessary to newly provide a configuration that is held by the holding portion 46 of the supply / circulation rail 7 with respect to the flow path forming member or the receiving member.

  In the above embodiment, the configuration in which the cover lid 22 is provided above the flow path forming member 18 is shown. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a configuration in which the cover lid 22 is not provided may be used.

  In the said embodiment, although the structure which employ | adopted the flow-path formation member 18 provided with the conveyance row | line | column 53 formed of the partition wall 50 as the outrail 5 was shown, it is not limited to this in this invention, A supply and circulation rail 7 may be provided with a groove-shaped conveyance row 49 like the rail member 13 employed as the rail member 13. When this configuration is adopted, if the opening for removing unnecessary objects is provided at the bottom of the groove-shaped conveyance row 49, it is possible to obtain the same effects as the above embodiment.

  In the above embodiment, the configuration is shown in which the sphere flowing on the outrail 5 is joined to the supply / circulation rail 7 on the downstream side and introduced into the sphere polishing device 27. However, the present invention is not limited to this, The configuration may be such that a sphere can be directly introduced into the sphere polishing device 27 from the rail 5.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Equipment for game halls 5 Out rail 7 Supply / circulation rail 9 Composite 18 Flow path forming member 19 Receiving member 21 Outer member 22 Cover 24 Opening 25, 26 Lower island tank 27 Ball polishing device (polishing device)
30 Pachinko machines (game machines)
31 Amusement Machine Island (Game Machine Group)

Claims (2)

A plurality of ball game machines are arranged inside a group of gaming machines, and have a conveyance path through which game balls are conveyed. The conveyance path has a discharge path and a supply / circulation path. The game balls discharged from the machine pass through the discharge path, and the game balls discharged from the storage tank for game balls installed inside the gaming machine group pass through the supply / circulation path. A facility for a game hall that constitutes a part of a transport path,
A flow path for a ball for transporting a game ball, a flow path forming member having an opening through which the game ball cannot flow, and a receiving member disposed below the flow path forming member in a height direction,
The flow path forming member forms a part of the discharge path and conveys only the game balls discharged from the ball game machines in the juxtaposition direction of the ball game machines.
The receiving member is directly or indirectly fixed to the flow path forming member, and secures unnecessary objects other than the game ball that has passed through the opening,
The flow path forming member and the receiving member are installed at a higher position in the height direction than the flow path constituting the supply / circulation path disposed on the lower side in the height direction than the installation position of the ball game machine. ,
Having a cover with a plurality of openings through which game balls pass;
The cover is arranged to cover the upper part of the flow path forming member,
A facility for a game hall, wherein an opening formed in a flow path forming member is positioned below an opening formed in a cover. An outer Guo member,
The outer member is arranged so as to face each other along the conveying direction in the flow path for the sphere to form a side wall of the flow path forming member, and connects and fixes the flow path forming member and the receiving member. The amusement park facility according to claim 1, wherein the facility is a thing.

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